Ore separator or filter.



No. 824,905. PATENTED JULY 3, 1906.

0. P. CHRISTENSEN. ORE SEPARATOR OR FILTER.

APPLICATION FILED 0015 190a.

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G. P. CHRISTENSEN. ORB SEPARATOR 0R FILTER.

APPLICATION FILED OUT. 5, 1905. 3 SHEETS-815E111 2.

No. 824,905. PATENTED JULY 3, 1906.

O. P. CHRISTENSEN. ORE SEPARATOR 0R FILTER.

APPLIOATION FILED 00125, 1905- 3 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

4 TTORNEYJ I TED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CLAUS PETER CHRISTENSEN, or BULL FROG, NEVADA.

ORE SEPARATOR on FILTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Y katented July 3, 190a.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, CLAUs PETER CHRIS- TENSEN, residing at Bull Frog, in the county of Nye and State of Nevada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ore Separators or Filters, of which the'following is a specification. I

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in ore separating or filtering machines particularly adapted for use in connection with quartz-mills and the like for separating the tailings consisting of water and sand composed of ground-up orefro'm the batteries.

In its generic nature my invention comprises an endless absorbent belt, upon which the material to be separated is discharged in aqueous sus ension or solution, means for driving said belt and supporting the same, a trough for receiving the water which passes through the belt, a trough for receiving the solids which are discharged from the belt, and means for discharging any solids which lodge on the belt into the trough.

Primarily, my invention has for its object to provide a device of this character of a very simple and efiective construction which can be easily manufactured and which will readily and eifecti'vely serve its intended urposes.

With other ob'ects in .view than have been heretofore speci ed the invention also comprises certain novel construction, combination, and arrangement of arts, all of which will be first described in etail and then be specifically pointed out in the appended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a perspective view of my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of my invention. Fig. 4 is a vertical longitudinal section thereof on the line 4 4 of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a detail horizontal section on the line 5 5 of Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is a cross-section on the line 6 6 of Fig.-

4 looking in the direction of the arrow.

Referring now to the accompanying drawings, in which like numerals of reference indicate like parts in all of the figures, 1 designates the supportingframework of the machine, which includes the horizontal to beams 1 1*, near one end of which a sha 2 is mounted in bearings 2 2, secured to the beams 1 1*, as shown. Theshaft 2 car ries a belt-pulley 2 arranged between the beams 1 1 and a sprocket-wheel 2 on the outside of the framework. At the other end adjusted bearin s 3 are secured to the beams 1 1 and are a shown. In the bearin s 3 a second shaft 4 of like construction to the shaft 2 is mounted and the shaft 4 carries a belt-pulley 4 aroun which and around the pulley 2 an endless ustable by the screws 3*, as

separating-belt 5 is passed. The belt 5 consists of heavy burlap or other suitable porous material and is provided at each edge with endless ropes 5" 5, which serve to form upturned edges for the belt to prevent the material from overflowing the same.

Above the main frame 1 and held between the belt 5 just below the upper ortion thereof and u on the supplementa frame 10 a trough 6 is mounted, which extends from the one pulley 4 to the other pulley 2 and is provided with flange portions 6 6, as shown, the trough 6 servin which filters throng the belt 5 and discharges the same through the outlet-spout 6 Mounted above the trough 6 in bearings 7 a 7 a secured to the supplemental frame 10, are a series of rollers 8, which receive the belt 5 and guide and hold the same and serve as belt-carrying rollers. Mounted in bearings 9 9 on the beams 1 1 is a shaft 9, which carries a s rocket-wheel 9", around which and aroun the sprocket-wheel 2 an endless chain 11 passes. The shaft 9 also carries a gear-wheel 12, which meshes with a pinion 13 on a drive-shaft 14, mounted in bearings 14 on the beams 1 1 which shaft 14 is driven by the ulleys 15 and 16, as shown, the ulleys 15 an 16 being tight and loose pul eys, as well understood from the drawings. Meshing with a pinion 13 on the side opposite to the gear 12 is a second gear 17, mounted on a shaft 18, that carries asprocket 19, and said shaft is mounted in bearings 20 20 on the beams 1" 1, as shown. Around the sprocket '19 and a cooperating sprocket 21 on a shaft bars 24, with their feet 25, into engagement with the belt 5. A air of leaf-sp 28 28 serve to e e'the am 24 to norma y hold the feet 25 just out of engagement with the belt 5, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5. The bars 24 are pivoted at 24 to a cross-beam 24", as

shown.

28 designates a roller mounted in bearingsprockets 28 beneath the beams 1 1", over which the belt 6 takes.

30 d tes a trough mounted under the roller 4 and exten backwardly therefrom, which trough 30 1s ada ted to rece ve the solid -material from the be t 5 in a manner presently understood. I

31 w; I :tes a supply-trough, from which the material is fed onto the belt 5, and the tro 31 is mounted above the belt 5, as clear y shown in the dra s.

So far as described the manner in which my irivention operates will be best explained as follows: The material to be separated is run into the trough 31, from which it escapes onto the belt 5. Motion is im arted to the drive-shaft 14 in the direction 0 the arrow in Fig. 1 to turn the belt in the direction of the arrow inFig. 1. The water from the trough 31 will filter through the belt 5 and flow into the trough 6, from whence it is drained through the spout 6 and may be used over again, if desired. The solid matter as the belt 5 moves along drops therefrom into the trou h 30, and should any material adhere to t e belt and not drop in the trough 30 of its own gravity it will be dislod ed from the belt 5 by the tamper-feet 25 w 'ch are actuated by the cams 23,as clearly understood by reference to the drawings, the 'cams 23 serving as trip-cams to trip the beams 24 to cause an impact to be given to the belt 5 to discharge the materials thereirom;

- So far as described it be seen that l haye provided. an apparatus of the class of a very simple and effective construction, which can be easily and cheaply manufactured, re-

the minimum amount of material, and which can be readily and efiectively used to perform the function desired.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, it is thou ht the complete construction, operation,-an many advantages of my invention will be readil understood by those skilled in the art to w 'eh it appertains, and I desire to say that many slight changes in the detailed construction, operation, and arrangement of parts can be made without departing from the invention or the appended elaims.

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and an endless rope secured to each edge of said belt and movable therewith, means for de ositing the material to be separated on sai belt, means for receiving the solid material: from saidbelt, means arranged between the pulleys beneath the belt for receiving the liquid material that passes through the belt, and means for driving said'belt, substantially as shown and described. a

2. An apparatus of the class described comprising a supporting-fmfme, a pair of belt-pulleys mounted in bearings, one at, each end of said frame, an endless separatin -belt of porous material passing around sai pulle s, and an endless rope secured to each I; ge of said belt and movable therewith, a supplemental frame mounted on said.supportin -frame betweensaid pulleys and below said belt, belt-carrying rollers mounted on said supplemental frame, a water-receiving trough mounted on said supplemental frame, a solid-matter-receiving trou h mounted below one of said first-mentione belt-pole leys to receive the solid material, means for depositing the material to be separated on said belt, substantially as shown and described.

3. An apparatus of the class described comprising a supporting-frame, a pair or" belt-pulleys mounted in bearings, one at each end of said frame, an endless separatin -belt of porous material passing around sai pul leys, and an endless rope secured to each edge of said belt and movable therewith, a supplemental frame mounted on said supportingframe between said pulleys and below said belt, belt-carrying rollers mounted on said supplemental frame, a water-receiving trough mounted on said supplemental frame, a solidmatter-receiving trou h mounted below one of said first-mentions belt-pulleys to receive the solid material, means for depositing the V material to be separated on said belt, means for tamping said belt to remove the solid material therefrom, and means for driving said belt and said tamping means, substantially as shown and described.

4. An apparatus of the class described comprisin a main supporting-frame, a pair of belt-pulleys mounted in bearings at each end of said frame, means for adjusting one of said pulleys, an endless separating-belt pass ing around said pulleys, said belt having raised 1portions at each side thereof, a supplementa supporting-frame mounted on the main supporting-frame between the belt and the belt-pulleys, a water-receiving trough mounted on said supplemental frame below the belt, belt-supporting rollers over said Water-trou h, means for depositin the materials to e separated on said be t over said water-trough, a receptacle at one end of the main frame-for receiving the solid matter from the belt, a guide-roller on the main its frame over which said belt takes, a tamping device supported by the main frame for tamping said belt to remove the solids therefrom, drive mechanism for said belt, means connecting said belt-drive mechanism with said tampmg mechanism to 0 erate the same, substantially as shownand escribed.

5. A device/0f the class described comprising a main supporting-frame, a belt-pulley mounted in bearings at each end of said supporting-frame, said belt-pulleys including shafts, an endless separating-belt taking over said pulleys, means for adjusting the tension of said belt, guide-rollers for the 11 per portion, a troug mounted over said elt from which the material is deposited on the belt, a water-trough below the upper portion of the belt to receive the percolated material, a'receptacle at one end of the machine to receive the solids from the belt, means for tampin said belt, cam devices for operating said tamping means, a drive mechanism connected with said cam devices and with one of said belt-pulle s to operate the same, substantially as s own and described:

6. A machine of the class described, comprising a supporting-frame, a pulle mounted at'each end of the frame, an end ess separating-belt taking around said pulleys, an endless rope secured to each edge of said belt and movable therewith, means for receiving the solid material dumped from said belt, means arran ed between the pulleys and beneath the be t for receiving the liquid material that passes through the belt, tamping devices between said pulleys and between the belt for tamping the belt to dislodge solid material therefrom, and means for driving said belt and said tampin devices, substanas shown and descri ed.

CLAUS PETER CHRISTENSEN. Witnesses OnasE. Snx'ron.

L. T. KIBBE.

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